Separable fastener



F. S. CARR.

SEPARABLE FASTENER. APPLlcAUoN FILED mn. 1,6. 1920.

Patented Allg. 9, 1921.

UNITED STATES "PATrNr'vorrin,

FRED s.V CARR, or NEWTON, MassaCiius-ETTS,l fassieNoa Toskana. FASTENER COMPANY, or CAivrBiarnGni/iAssACHUsETTs, A CORPORATION or ivrarNn.

SEPARABLE FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 9, ,1921i Yappiication flied January 16, 1920. sria'i No. 351,794. j

T0 all whom t may' concern.' t Be it known that I, FRED S. CARR, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Newton, Vin the county of' Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Separable Fasteners, o'f which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likel characters `on the drawings representing like parts. v

This invention pertains to improvements in separable fasteners, and more particularly, though notexclusively, to improvements in the securing of separable fasteners to carrying fabrics While providing certain advantages hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, which show a preferred embodiment of my invention:

Figure 1 is an elevation of two pieces of fabric held together by a preferred form of fastener;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 ofY Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, where the stud is entered in the socket from the opposite side from that shown in Fig. 2; f

Fig. 4: is a plan viewof the preferred form of stud shown in Fig.2;

Fig. 5 shows the parts of the stud and stud-securing means in the position Vwhich they assume prior to assembly;

Fig. 6 is av plan view of the preferred form of socket herein described; and

Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view of the socket and socket-securing parts in their relation prior to assembly thereof and securing of the socket to the fabric.

eferring to the drawings and to the preferred form of my invention selected for illustrative purposes, I have showny a Vstud 8 preferably secured to thev stud-carrying fabric 9 by a flanged stud-securing plate 11 into which the expansible base 1() of the stud is adapted to be expanded, to crowd the stud-carrying fabric 9 within the stud-securing part11. The method ofassembling the stud with its fabric is illustrated diagrammatically in Fig. 5, Vit being understood that the stud base 10 is adapted to be lflattened when pressure is applied thereto to assume the position shown in Fig. 2.

Cooperating with the preferred form of stud hereinbefore described, I .preferably provide a socketV which may include a spring-containing casing'vf12fcontaining ai j spring 'lladapted to intersect portions of aj stud-receivingv aperture 14 which maybe and, .Y

preferably is notchedas shown'to provide a lateral lock, as provided in my y(1o-pending application Serial' No. 017,111, lfiled ,Junel Y 27,1919ff l n The preferred form of casing' be sei cured tothe goods` byfexpansible' socket-se-v curing means 15 adapted to crowdthefab- A` ric within-the rim'of the casing 12 at points not occupied bythe .spring 13. The'socket' securing plate'15 isralsofp'referably provided v withV a v.stud-receiving aperture, 'also notched, so that, where the fabric is apertured opposite the stud,the latter may be entered in the casing either from. the side shown in Fig. 2 'or from the side shown in Fig. 3.

It will be understood that I use the word fabric in its broader sense to include not only woven materials, but any flexible carrying medium.

While I have shown and described l'apreferred forin of onewembodiinent of my invention, it will be understood that changesV involving omission, substitution, alter/ation and reversal'of parts, and even changes in the Inode of operation, may be made with- .i

' out departing from `the scope of my inveni tion, whichv is best defined in the claims. l

Claims@y p 1. A separable fastener comprising, inl combination, a stud having a head and a neck; a socket having al spring-containing casing containing a spring and having plates on each side of the spring, each. of said plates being apertured to receive thehead of the stud, the sides of each aperture being notched and said ystud enterable into said socket from either side.

following 2. A separable fastenergcomprising, in l combination,` a stud having a head and a neck; a socket having a spring-containing-Y casing containing a spring and having plates d on each side of the spring, each of said f Y Vplates being apertured to'receive the head of,

the stud, the sides of each aperture beingl 5 f notched and saidstud enterable into said socket from either side,"one of said plates anged to provide a marginal recessand the other. adapted to grip the socket-carrying fabric insaid recess. f i

3. A separable fastener comprising, `in combination a stud having a head and aneok;

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a socket having a spring-containing casing c containing a spring and having plates on cach side of the spring, each of said plates being apertured to receive the head of the stud, the sides of each aperture being notched and said stud enterable vinto said socket from either side, one of said plates flanged to provide a marginal recess and the other adapted to grip the the socket-carrying fabric in said recess at points not occupied by the spring.

LA separable fastener comprising, in

combination, a stud having a head and a neck; a socket having a spring-containing casing containing a spring and having plates on each sideV of the spring, each of said plates being apertured to receive the head of the stud, the sides of each aperture being notched and said stud enterable into said socket from eitherl side, said spring engaging the stud substantially at the same point Whether entered from one side of said socket or from the other side thereof. 4

5. A separable fastener comprising, in

combination, a stud having a head and a neck, and a socket a-dapted to be secured tol socket including a dished plate having a rim,`

a spring in said'dished plate, a securing plate for gripping the fabric to Which thel socket is secured beneath the rimof the dished plate,.said securing plate having an opening therethrough in line with an opening through the fabric, whereby said stud may engage said spring on being entered in the socket through the securing plate and through the fabric.

in testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

FRED S. CARR. 

